Healing in the Church - Barry Bennett - Charis Daily - Season 1, Ep. 15

Main Ideas and Lessons (About Healing in the Church)

• Healing is presented as still active “for today,” not something that ended after the apostles or in the first century.
• The video argues against churches/groups that teach healing has “passed away,” claiming this view contradicts Scripture and undermines the “full blessing of the Gospel.”
• God’s character is unchanging: the message emphasizes that Jesus and God do not change, so His gifts and compassion should still be available.
• Spiritual gifts (especially gifts of healing) are treated as ongoing—described as remaining operative until Jesus returns.
• Sickness is framed as an abnormality, not part of God’s intended normal experience for believers.
• Practical church instructions are given from James 5:14–16, including how believers/elders should pray and respond when someone is sick.
• Testimony is used to support the message:
  • The speaker recounts a personal experience with cancer and claims healing came through faith and God’s will for wellness, not because of personal merit.

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Core Biblical Concepts and Arguments Used

1) Gifts of the Spirit / “Charisma” Continue Until Jesus Returns

• 1 Corinthians 1:7

  • Claim: believers should not “come short in no gift” and should be eagerly waiting for Jesus’ revelation/return.
  • Argument: if gifts were real only for the early church, the logic of “until Jesus returns” wouldn’t make sense.
  • Emphasis: “Charisma” = grace gift; gifts/grace gifts remain effective until Jesus appears.

• James 1:17

  • Claim: every good and perfect gift comes from God, and God has no variation or shadow of turning.
  • Argument: God’s giving doesn’t lessen by century; the change is in human theology/unbelief.

• 1 Corinthians 14:4–7

  • Claim: gifts exist with diversities of gifts but the same Spirit.
  • Emphasis: “gifts of healings” (plural) are presented as Spirit-given for the church age.
  • Argument: Paul’s language supports healing gifts as ongoing rather than a closed first-century event.

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2) Early Church Practice in Acts as Evidence

• Acts 5:16
  • Claim: crowds brought sick people and those tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
  • Argument:
    • Healing power is linked to the gospel being preached in full.
    • The speaker contrasts “the power in the gospel” in Acts with what they call watered-down modern preaching.

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3) God’s Fatherly Compassion Means Healing Is Still a Legitimate Expectation

• Hebrews 13:8

  • Claim: Jesus is the same yesterday, today, forever.
  • Argument: teaching that healing ended implies a different Jesus (i.e., Jesus changes).

• Father-child analogy

  • If a child is sick, a good father wants the child well—used to support God’s compassion for physical healing today.

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4) Faith, Hope, and Love Are Still Valid—Therefore Healing Faith Should Be Too

• 1 Corinthians 13:13

  • Claim: faith, hope, and love abide, and love is the greatest.
  • Argument: if love, hope, and faith continue, then claims that “healing passed away” are inconsistent.

• Hebrews 11:6

  • Used to argue that faith is required to please God, meaning faith has not “passed away.”
  • Therefore, the ability to believe/receive should still operate.

• Romans 5:5 (referenced)

  • Used to support God’s love continuing in believers via the Holy Spirit.

• Mark 9:23

  • Jesus: “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
  • Argument: healing-relevant faith is still possible now; if healing ended, it would contradict Jesus’ ongoing promise framework.

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Methodology / Instructions Presented (Practical Steps)

Healing Response from James 5:14–16 (Structured as Instructions)

1. Identify the sick person

   • “Is anyone among you sick?”
   • The speaker interprets this as showing sickness should not be assumed as normal.

2. Call the elders of the church

   • The sick person should call for the elders.

3. Elders pray and anoint with oil

   • Elders should:
     • Pray over the sick person
     • Anoint with oil “in the name of the Lord”

4. Expect prayer of faith to result in healing

   • The speaker emphasizes that Scripture states the prayer of faith saves/raises.
   • It is contrasted with “hope so,” “maybe,” or uncertainty language like “if it be his will.”

5. Address committed sins if relevant

   • If the sick person has committed sins:
     • Confess trespasses
     • Pray for one another so the sick person may be healed

6. Maintain the pattern of confession/prayer in the church

   • The goal is communal prayer:
     • “confess… to one another… pray… that you may be healed”
   • The speaker highlights that effective fervent prayer of a righteous person avails much.

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Additional Claims About How Healing Should Function in the Church

• Healing should be:
  • ongoing
  • not just for “a platform” or a superstar visitor
  • a normal part of church life (“standing operating procedure”)
• Elders/leaders are expected to be in faith and “endued with power from on high” to pray effectively.
• Teaching against healing is criticized as:
  • lacking compassion/mercy
  • inconsistent with how other gifts, preaching, and mission work would logically also have stopped.

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Speaker / Sources Featured

Speakers

• Barry Bennett (instructor at Caris Bible College; narrator of the video)

Biblical Sources (Quoted or Referenced)

• 1 Corinthians: 1:7; 13:13; 14:4–7
• James: 1:17; 5:14–16
• Acts: 5:16
• Hebrews: 13:8; 11:6
• Mark: 9:23
• Romans: 5:5

Organizational Sources / Networks Mentioned

• Caris Bible College
• Andrew Wommack Ministries
• Gospel Truth Network (and GospelTruthNetwork.com referenced)
• Caris Daily (and “CarisDaily at gtn…” references)
• Prayer line: a “247” number given as 719 63511 or 1111 (as stated)